Rail-brace.



PATENTED OCT. 30, 1906.

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RAIL BRAOE, APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1 5, 1906 UNITED sTfA PATENT I OFFICE.

oHnrsrIAN RQPP, .OF CRIPPLE GREEK, COLORADO.

I RAILLBRACE. i

Specification of Letters Pntent."

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

"Application filed Jude 15,1906. Serial No. 321,817.

To all whom zit-may concern Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN. RoPP, a citizen of the United States, residing at (hip ple Creek, in the county of Teller and'State 5 of Colorado, have inventeda new and useful Rail-Brace and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descri ;j

tion of the 'invention, such asv will. enab e others skilled.in the art to which it apperro tains to make and use the same.

' The invention relates to clamps for rail= road rails' of tracks, and has for its object to provide a metallic clamp which will readily engage, or disen age a pairor rails and easily 1 5 ad 'ust itself to t e desired width of the track. 'ith these and other objectain view the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of arts hereinafter'de scribed an shown, an particularly pointed 2o outin the appended claims.

' In the drawings, .Figure 1 is a side elevation of a clamp constructed in accordance I with this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken-on .25 line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

-Referring to the drawings, 1 desi ates the ends or members of the clamp, eac having an integral'jaw 2. The, sections 1' are round and threaded at their. inner end and '30 are connected by a turnbuckle 3, by which the length of the clamp is adjusted as desired. ,..-The outer ends of sections or mem .bers 1 become rectangular in cross-section toward their, outer ends and are provided jaw 4 to be rotated, which turnbuckle at the one end, through which a locking-pin 6 passes, which engages a flattened side of the member 1, as will be readily understood.

What I elaini"is- 1. A brace for railroad-rails, com osed'of two sections'comrected by a turnbuc e',eaeh section having an outer integral jaw, an insaid inner aw being pivotally mounts on each ofsai sections, said inner jaw having against rotation.

2. Aclamphaving integral jaws, and pivoted jaws, said pivoted jaws, bein capable of rotary motion, substantially as escribed. 3. 'A rai'l brac'e having integral jaws, and

mg said latter jaws, against rotation.

4. A rail-brace having integral jaws, and

pivotally-mounted jaws, and a locking-do:

vice, for prevontingmovement of said astnamed jaws. l

' .5. Amet sections, each section being adaptedto engage railroad-rails, a--'screw-threaded turnuckle, connecting said sections, said .turn- 'ed therein, and' engaging a flattened s'ideof justed position.

6. A rail-brace, havingintegral jaws, and

brace, and a locking-pin,.mounted in said turnbuckle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my a U-shaped clamp pivotally mountedthere on, for the purposeof holding the same I buckle, having an aperture, and a pin mount-' desired adjustment The I turnbuckle is provided with an aperture inf ner jaw cooperating with said integral 'aw,

.6 5 pivotally mountedjaws, and means, forholdf allic rail-brace, composed of two one section, for looking the same in its ad;

a pivotally-mountedjaws' cooperating there- I with, and a turnbuckle for adjusting said name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

- CHRISTIAN ROPP.

Witnesses: M. E. PAYNE, J. T, WILLIAMS. 

